Voting-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903. J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IYILED JAN. 8, 1902. N0 MODEL.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

mi: Noam: whims co" moYoL|1Hu.,wAs INGTON, I:v c

No. 723,357. PATBNTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

R9 MODEL.

m: NORRIS vzrzns co, mmoumo" vwsmucrou. u. c.

No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903,

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

no MODEL.

1a sums-51mm a.

flit-est: I

No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR..24, 1903.

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

1 8 SHEETS-SHEET 4.:

m: Noam: FETERS cc PHOTO-UTHO, WASHINGTON, n. c,

PATBNTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE. APPLIUA'TION FILED mm a, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

I0 MODEL.

1 PATBNTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

' 1'8 SHEETS-SHEET 6. I .2 q

PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. BOM A. VOTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 7.

I0 MODEL.

Inventor:

154E Nqnms pzrzns co. PHOTU-LITHD.. .VASHKNGYOM-D. c.

No. 723,352; PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.- J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

10 MODEL.

Invento'r:

W; M i

' THE Norms PEThflS co. Puo'rau'mo WASHINGTON 12V 04 No. 728,357. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

" J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

TH minus PETERS co, woraumo WASHINGTON, u. c.

No. 728,357. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

N0 MODEL. 18 SHEETSjLiET 10 Z r 2952.

Democratic Prohi Zz'i 2 0 n ocia'lisi .Ea.

Zican @Zii m- Inventor:

73W WWW;

fioooooooooooooooo No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903..

J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

1a sums-snafu.

cs-idevvl @1151 10 MODEL.

Dem.

Soc.

66 O 'i'zZcnt,

Pro.

earctmy Pro.

f Sfaie.

for OL ompro l- TNE uonms pzr'sas co PNOYO-LITNQ. WASHINGTON, n. c.

No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.-

. vJ. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1902. F0 MODEL. 18 SHEETS-SHEET 12.

E2 ecthar;

m I VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZlllllliiilllllllllllmllu u k I iIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIINIIIII:|lll1|llIIlllIII-I|Il g xmumm Effect? Invevzfor:

Tm: "cams wcrzns c0. Puo oumQ. WASHINGTON, u. c.

PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

. J. BOM A, VOTING MACHINE. APPLIUATiON FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 13.

)TO MODEL.

lllllullllllllllll No. 723,357. *PATENIBD MAR. 24, 1903.

" J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 14..

X0 MODEL.

m: ngnms PETERS c0.v PHo'mLn'va, WASHINGTON u. c.

No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR-24, 1903. J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.-

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET 15.

N0 MODEL.

fittest; M MM inventor:

' No. 723,357. PATENTED MAR. 24,1903.

- J. BOMA.

VOTING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902. N0 MODEL. 18 SHBETS-SHEET 16.

I I I 4 I I 13:6???to'T':v I

THE NORRIS PETERS cu. PHOTO-LYING. WASHINGTON, n c.

110.722.,357. PATENTED MAR. 24.1903.

' .J.BOMA. VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATlOH FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

18 SHEETS-SHEET l'l' 10 MODEL.

M M w M M I y Am I lllllllllIllllllllllllillllillli millillim Ill Invcnr:

m: NORRIS warms so, movaumo" WASHINGTON 0.1:.

No.72.3,357. m I PATENTED MAR-24,1903;

v J.BOMA.-

VOTING MACHINE.

APP'LIOATION FILED JAN. 8, 1902.

NO MODEL. 18 SHEETS-SHEET 1 8 flt-tesf" I A Inventor:

- Tn: xomns virus 00., PHOTO-D1540 WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BOMA, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A. WEBSTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

VOTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,357, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed January 8, 1902. Serial No. 88,889. (No model.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BOMA, of Roches- 1er,'in the county of Monroe and State of-New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Voting-Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is an improved voting-Inachine to be used at popular elections, the same being hereinafter fully described, and more fully pointed out in the claims.

The laws of the various States of the Union regulating popular elections differ materially in important essentials, on account of which a voting-machine constructed to act or operate in a manner to meet the legal requirements of one section of the country would not be of the kind or have the capabilities required for a voting-machine to be used in another section, different kinds of machines and operating to produce diiferent results being necessary for use in different States. Furthermore, the election laws of the various States are frequently amended or changed as to important particulars, which necessitates the abandoning of voting-machines that were once useful and proper and the substitution therefor of new and different ones, adapted to fit the new conditions and requirements of the changed laws. For example, in some cases voting-machines that were right and proper to be used at the election one year would be useless for the election of the following year, as some new and unexpected requirement of them would be made by law which they were not constructed to meet. In consideration of these facts and of the necessities of the case in general the main object in producing my present invention has been to provide a universal voting-machine or one having capabilities coextensive with the requirements of the multifarious laws of all the States relating to elections-that is to say, a voting-machine in which there are provisions for all political parties that may ever contest at any election and havingan unlimited capacity for division in the matter of making up irregular ballots and for the unlimited grouping of names of candidates. Y

' Another object of the invention is to simplify the voting-machine by constructing it so as to have the voting-keys for split ballots, the counters, and the locking-disks allin continuous vertical rows and to avoid the use of dummy tickets where there are no nominations.

A further object of the invention is to produce a voting-machine for general use at popular elections compact in structure and reduced to small lateral dimensions, so as to be easily handled and occupying small space in the polling-rooms and also convenient for shipping and storing.

Other objectsand advantages of the invention will be brought out and made to appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the voting-machine with Fig. 9 further shows parts at the left of the machine, the door being open and parts omitted. Fig. 10 is a plan of the operating-face of the lower locking-disk of a pair. Fig. 11 shows the operating-face of the upper locking-disk of a pair. Fig. 12 is an edge View of the upper locking-disk seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an edge view of the lower locking-disk seen as indicated by arrow 13 in Fig. 10. Figs. 14, 15, and 16 show, respectively, edge views of pairs of locking-disksdifferently relatedasin voting. Fig. 17 is a plan of some of the lower interior parts of the machine, parts being horizontally sectioned on the dotted lines 17 17 and a", in Fig. 27 and 17%in Fig. 28, parts being broken away and omitted and other parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 18 is a plan of upper interior parts, parts being omitted and other parts horizontallysectioned on various planes. Fig. 19 is a plan of a pushplate detached, the holding-standards being horizontally sectioned. Fig. is a view of a part of the base-wheel and main cam. Fig. 21 is a side elevation of part of the controlling-lever, showing the inclined plate thereon. Fig. 22 is a side elevation of parts, showing the arrangement of the voting-keys, the connected push-plates, and other associated parts. Fig. 23 is a plan of a tens or a bundreds counter, Fig. 24 being an edge view of the same seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a plan of a units-counter, Fig. 26 being an edge viewof the same seen asindicated by arrow in Fig. 25. Fig. 27 is an elevation of interior parts at the left side of the machine, parts being broken out and omitted, the frame and easing being vertically sectioned, as on the dotted line 27 in Fig. 17. Fig. 28 is an elevation of parts of the machine seen from the left, parts being broken away and omitted and other parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines, the section being on the dotted line 27 in Fig. 17. Fig. 29 is an elevation of interior parts viewed as indicated by arrow 29 in Fig. 18, parts being broken away and omitted, the section being as on the dotted line at the point of said arrow 29. Fig. 30 is an elevation view as in Fig. 29, further showing interior parts, parts being broken away and omitted and other parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines, the column of push-plates being vertically sectioned, as on the dotted line 30 in Fig. 18. Fig. 31 is an elevation of parts at the right side of the machine, showing the returning-bar and the stopkeys with associated parts, parts being broken away and omitted and other parts shown invarious positions by full and dotted lines, the section being as on the dotted line 31 in Fig. 29. Fig. 32 is a vertical section of parts at the bottom and the rear of the cabinet, further showing the mechanism for operating the controlling-lever, parts being shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 33 is a horizontal crosssection of the ballot-holder and associated parts, taken on the dotted line 33 33 in Fig. 42, parts being broken away and shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 34is a side elevation of a part of the cellsshaft and receiving-plates. Fig. 35 is a view of the under face of a receiving-plate. Fig. 36 is a plan showing thelock-plate in engagement with the tens and hundreds counters and some associated parts, the section being as on the dotted line 36 in Fig. 27. Fig. 37 is a face view of parts of the lock-plate seen as indicated by arrow 37 in Fig. 36. Fig. 38 is an edge view of the lock-plate seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 37. Fig. 39 is a view from within the cabinet, further showing the mechanism for 'locking the counters at the close of an election, the section being as on the dotted line 39 in Fig. 36. Fig. 40 is a Fig. 41 is a side elevation of the ballot-cage and some associated parts seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 40, the section being as on the dotted line at the point of the arrow. Fig. 42 is an elevation of parts seen as indicated by arrow 42 in Fig. 18, showing the ballot-cage and voting-fingers,'with associated parts, parts being broken away and other parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 43 is a plan of the voting-lever and horizontal toothed rack, with coacting parts, parts being omitted and other parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines, the walls of the cabinet being horizontally sectioned. Fig. 44 shows in plan the shifting-jaws or shifter for the forks. Fig. 45 is an elevation of the shifting-crank and connecting-link, the horizontal toothed rack being transversely sectioned as on the dotted line 45 in Fig. 43. Fig. 46 is an elevation of parts viewed from the rightof the ma-' chine, showing the toothed racks and wheel, with associated parts, parts being broken away and omitted. Fig. 47 is an elevation of the toothed racks and wheel, with the forkcarrier and other parts, the view being as indicated'by arrow in Fig. 46, parts being broken away and omitted. Fig. 48 is an edge view of a part of the controlling-bar of the forkcarrier seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 47. Fig. 49 is a plan of a fork with the bars of the carrier transversely sectioned, parts being shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 50 is a side elevation of a part of the controlling-bar of the fork-carrier, partly in longitudinal section, showing the arresters for the forks. Fig. 51 is a plan of the public counters and a part of the driving mechanism therefor, parts being shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 52 is a side elevation of the public counters and other parts seen as indicated by arrow 52 in Fig. 51, parts shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 53 is a rear elevation of the upper cable wheel and the straights stophead with associated parts,

parts being shown in various positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 54 shows the cablewheel and associated parts viewed as indicated by arrow in Fig. 53. Fig. 55 is a front elevation of the straights stop-keys,with parts broken away, the view being opposite to that of Fig. 53. Fig. 56 shows a straights stopkey detached. Fig. 57 is an elevation of the stop-head and adjacent series of straights stop-keys with associated parts viewed as indicated by arrow in Fig. 54, parts being shown in various positions by full and dotted lines and the returning-bar omitted. Fig. 58 is a front elevation showing some of the votingkeys associated with reference to the political parties in the field. Figs. 59 and 60 show push-plates in various positions as moved or adjusted by the corrector. Fig. 61 is an elevation of some of the locking-disks, showing them arranged for one or more votes. Fig. 62 shows a push-plate and coacting votingfinger with associated parts, the finger and 

